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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. Name six sources of grains






2. What does DASH stand for?






3. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






4. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






5. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






6. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






7. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






8. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






9. What type of people need extra protein?






10. What function is vitamin A?






11. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






12. What is the function of vitamin E?






13. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






14. When does BMR increase?






15. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






16. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






17. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






18. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






19. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






20. Fats can lead to some medical problems






21. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






22. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






23. What is RDA of protein?






24. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






25. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






26. Where can you get more vitamin D?






27. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






28. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






29. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






30. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






31. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






32. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






33. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






34. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






35. What function is vitamin D?






36. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






37. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






38. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






39. What is normal BMI?






40. Sources of fats






41. What are healthy sources of fats?






42. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






43. What is normal albumin levels?






44. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






45. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






46. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






47. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






48. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






49. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






50. The higher the BMR a client has --